Saturday
If you’ve seen the “Rush Hour” movies, you’ve seen comedian Chris Tucker. And you know how funny the fast-talking comic can be. Tucker, who’s kept a very low profile since 2007’s “Rush Hour 3,” is back after a four-year hiatus; Tucker has said he took the break because the movie roles he was being offered were disappointing. Instead of the big screen, the manic comic is on the road with a nationwide stand-up comedy tour, which pulls into the Palace Theatre this week. Tucker, the subject of an Aug. 18 profile in The New York Times, has been cracking wise about attending a Prince concert with Michael Jackson, meeting President Obama and the drawbacks of being famous in his live shows. What he’ll talk about at the Palace is anyone’s guess. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. $49.50-$59.50. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 465-3335; http://www.palacealbany.com

Saturday-SundayThe Capital Region Scottish Games will put you in a Scottish frame of mind. The annual two-day event celebrates Scottish culture in a big way, from bagpipe bands and Highland dancing to a sheepdog exhibition and a bonniest knees contest. And almost every attraction is a competition. More than 40 bands from across the country will compete in the Northeast United States Pipe Band Championship; about 500 pipers will take part in the event. There will also be Scottish sports contests, including the caber toss, the stone put and the sheaf toss. Celtic bands will provide the sound track to the games; the Brigadoons, Rathkeltair, Kevin McKrell, The Fighting 86s and Colin Grant-Adams are set to perform. And no worries if you get thirsty; the musicians will be performing in the beer tent. 10:30 a.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. Sunday. $18 Saturday, $10 Sunday. Altamont Fairgrounds, 129 Grant St., Altamont. http://www.scotgames.com

SundayAlmost anything goes at an I Love Vinyl Dance Party — musically that is. A group of New York City-based disc jockeys started I Love Vinyl in 2009 and the all-vinyl dance party took off, quickly becoming one of the city’s hottest late night bashes. The music is what’s been drawing the crowds; the DJs play a wild mix that includes soul, disco, Latin, funk and no wave music. And it’s all played on turntables, with every snap, crackle and pop amplified for your dancing pleasure. I Love Vinyl will take its Dance Party on the road this weekend to shake things up at Mass MoCA. The Dream Team — featuring I Love Vinyl founder Scribe — will be spinning the discs. 8 p.m. Sunday. $19 adults; $10 students and kids. Hunter Center or Courtyard C, Mass MoCA, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, Mass. 413-662-2111; http://www.massmoca.org

Monday
Somewhere between the blues, Southern boogie, heavy metal and bluegrass. That’s where you’ll find the Kentucky Headhunters, the long-running band of brothers and cousins who have been playing together in one form or another (and with one name or another) since 1968. In the late ’80s, after changing monikers and members from Itchy Brother to the Headhunters the band broke nationally in a big way with hits like “Dumas Walker” and “Oh, Lonesome Me.” Since then the hard-rocking combo has continued to mine an edgy version of American music without paying heed to what’s happening on the charts. Monday they’ll bring their long hair, big guitars and endless hooks to the Schaghticoke Fair. 7 p.m. Monday, Schaghticoke Fair, 9 Stillwater Bridge Road, Schaghticoke, 753-4411, $10.